So when the music's over
When the music's over, yeah
When the music's over
Turn out the lights
Turn out the lights
Turn out the lights

What the music is your special friend
Dance on fire as it intends
Music is your only friend
Until the end
Until the end
Until the end

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About “When The Music's Over”

In 1967, while British bands of the time were still playing a derivative distillation of R&B, The Doors released this epic and adventurous Rock track on the Strange Days album.

Not radio friendly at eleven minutes long, which was uncharacteristic of contemporary early Rock, it conveys a spiritual message about the importance of music for our soul: without music, there is no life.

Don’t get confused by the screaming, Morrison lays out a philosophy(only dogmatic people have one philosophy) with clear parameters:

Music is Life

Music is expression of Life

Life is represented in Music

When there is no Life, there is no Music.

The Butterfly is merely a general metaphor for describing Life’s entire experience.

The House of Detention is Authority.

The Resurrection is the pre-dominant belief system(s), or narratives, of which he is “cancelling his subscription” to; ie: counter-culture, etc.. Also a reference to